# TradeIndia

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**TradeIndia** is an online[Business to Business](/source/Business-to-business) (B2B) [portal](/source/Web_portal)[1] for small businesses based in India and around the globe. The portal was started in 1996 by [Bikky Khosla](/source/Bikky_Khosla) and is maintained and promoted under the flagship company, Infocom Network Pvt. Ltd.[2] The company is headquartered in [New Delhi](/source/New_Delhi), India, and has branch offices in 35 cities[3] across India. It employs over 1200 professionals.

## History

The company has published Exporters Yellow Pages since 7 September 1990 and in 1996 started the web portal tradeindia.com[4] to provide online directory services to the global [export-import](/source/International_trade) community.

## Funding

The initial investment of $1.7 million[5] was made in Infocom Network Ltd. in 2001 by [Vinod Khosla](/source/Vinod_Khosla), an Indian-born California-based [venture capitalist](/source/Venture_capital) and elder brother of Bikky Khosla.[6]

## About the portal

The portal provides information about Indian and global sellers and [buyers](/source/Buyer) with over 12,000 product categories and sub-categories.[7] The main products and services offered by the portal include online business catalogs, DialB2B,[8][9] Trade Alerts, Call Me Free Service, [credit reports](/source/Credit_report)[10] and trade leads. The portal has a separate section on [trade shows](/source/Trade_show) and the company regularly participates in global and domestic trade shows. The portal also has a special mobile-optimised version for mobile phone users.[11][12]

In 2009, the company launched two vertical portals to cater to the business requirements of [SMEs](/source/Small_and_medium_enterprises) – one a news-based portal called SMETtimes[13][14][15] and the other a separate section[16] showcasing suppliers from [China](/source/China). The portal claims to be the first Indian B2B portal to have more than 3 million registered users, of which over 2 million are [SMEs](/source/Small_and_medium_enterprises).

## Indianised domain name

The portal offers an Indianised [Domain Name](/source/Domain_name) Booking service developed by [VeriSign](/source/VeriSign).[17]

## Events organised

- Emerging India Awards[18]
- Workshop on effective use of internet for the growth of business[19][20]
- 2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave[21]
- SME Conclave[22]

## Partnerships

In April 2013, the company has signed a [Memorandum of Understanding](/source/Memorandum_of_Understanding) (MoU) with the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) of the [Ministry of Commerce](/source/Ministry_of_Commerce_(Thailand)) of [Thailand](/source/Thailand), to boost Indo-Thai bilateral trade.[23] TradeIndia is also associated with [Google](/source/Google) as their premier SME partner.[24][25] Previously, TradeIndia had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the [Korea International Trade Association](/source/Korea_International_Trade_Association)(KITA)[26] to promote SMEs and partnered[2] with Global Sources in organising the Machinery & Industrial Supplies Fair.

## References

1. Snigdha Sengupta, with 3700+ employees ["The roll out continues"](http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?101183) [Archived](https://archive.today/20120707215535/http://business.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?101183) 7 July 2012 at archive.today, Outlook Business, 31 May 2008.

1. ["Global Sources Partners TradeIndia.com for Domestic Event"](http://www.tsnn.com/news-blogs/global-sources-partners-tradeindiacom-domestic-event), Trade Show News Network, 19 May 2011.

1. Virendra Singh Rawat, ["B2B portal to educate SMEs over trading prudence"](http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/b2b-portal-to-educate-smes-over-trading-prudence-113061400649_1.html), *[Business Standard](/source/Business_Standard)*, 18 June 2013.

1. [Press Trust of India](/source/Press_Trust_of_India), ["Web Transactions in India to reach $100 bn in 2008"](http://www.tradeindia.com/newsroom/news/news_162.html), *[Hindustan Times](/source/Hindustan_Times)*, 31 December 2007.

1. ["Khosla Makes Rare Home Investment"](http://www.tradeindia.com/success_stories/news/news_001.html), *[Times of India](/source/Times_of_India)*, 2 February 2001.

1. Meha Mathur, ["Small is challenging"](http://www.mediamates.biz/skills_ahead/event_1.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140109013156/http://www.mediamates.biz/skills_ahead/event_1.html) 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Media Mates, 25 January 2013, retrieved 13 May 2013.

1. Paotinlen Chongloi, ["Business Opportunities with special reference to Northeast India and Realigning strategies towards the Look East Policy"](http://www.jneis.com/ojs/index.php/jneis/article/view/5/4), *Journal of North East India Studies* 1.1, July–December 2011, pp. 81-99.

1. ["Tradeindia Launches First of its Kind DIALB2B Service"](http://www.financialexpress.com/news/tradeindia-launches-first-of-its-kind-dialb2b-service/539184/1), *[The Financial Express](/source/The_Financial_Express_(India))*, 9 November 2009.

1. Seema, ["DIALB2B – TradeIndia’s New On-phone Service"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091113022730/http://www.watblog.com/2009/11/10/dailb2b-tradeindias-new-on-phone-service/), Watblog.com, 10 November 2009.

1. ["Tradeindia.Com launches Credit Report"](http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tradeindia-com-launches-credit-report/articleshow/1209778.cms), *[The Economic Times](/source/The_Economic_Times)*, 24 August 2005.

1. Alap Naik Desai, [" B2B Portal TradeIndia.com Release Mobile Platform For Portable Volume Trading"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130326011136/http://www.watblog.com/2013/03/21/b2b-portal-tradeindia-com-release-mobile-platform-for-portable-volume-trading/), Watblog.com, 21 March 2013.

1. ["Tradeindia Extends Its Reach To Mobile Phone Users"](http://efytimes.com/e1/102703/Tradeindia-Extends-Its-Reach-To-Mobile-Phone-Users) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130323035452/http://efytimes.com/e1/102703/Tradeindia-Extends-Its-Reach-To-Mobile-Phone-Users) 23 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, [EFYTimes.com](/source/Electronics_For_You), 20 March 2013.

1. ["News line for SMEs"](http://www.tradeindia.com/newsroom/news/news_208.html), *[Business India](/source/Business_India)*, 4 May 2008.

1. Rajiv Dingra, ["TradeIndia Launches SMETimes – An SME News Portal"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090703075427/http://www.watblog.com/2008/04/10/tradeindia-launches-smetimes-an-sme-news-portal), Watblog.com, 10 April 2008.

1. ["Tradeindia.com launched a news website on SMEs & Indian Economy"](http://www.free-press-release.com/news-tradeindia-com-launched-a-news-website-on-smes-indian-economy-1253094511.html), Press release, 16 September 2009.

1. Seema, ["Recap 2009 – B2B Portals"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130211193148/http://www.watblog.com/2009/12/30/recap-2009-%E2%80%93-b2b-portals/), Watblog.com, 30 December 2009.

1. ["New tool to help MSMEs register Indianised Net addresses"](http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/new-tool-to-help-msmes-register-indianised-net-addresses/428484/), *[Business Standard](/source/Business_Standard)*, 15 March 2011.

1. ["CNBC-TV18’s presents ‘Emerging India Forum’ in Hyderabad"](http://www.afaqs.com/news/company_briefs/index.html?id=5720_CNBC-TV18%92s+presents+%91Emerging+India+Forum%92+in+Hyderabad), AFAQS, 5 November 2012.

1. ["Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 18 November 2011, Ahmedabad, India](http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/ahmedabad2011/) [Archived](https://archive.today/20130412023142/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/ahmedabad2011/) 12 April 2013 at archive.today, TradeIndia.["Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 16 November 2011, Rajkot, India](http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/rajkot2011/) [Archived](https://archive.today/20130412001947/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/rajkot2011/) 12 April 2013 at archive.today, TradeIndia.

1. ["Workshop on effective use of Internet for the growth of business", 17 November 2011, Vadodra, India](http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/Vadodara2011/) [Archived](https://archive.today/20130412001101/http://tradeshows.tradeindia.com/Vadodara2011/) 12 April 2013 at archive.today, TradeIndia.

1. [ASSOCHAM Events: 2nd Food & Agri Exporters Conclave, 8 February 2011 ASSOCHAM House, New Delhi](http://www.assocham.org/events/showevent.php?id=523), [ASSOCHAM](/source/ASSOCHAM), [archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130116153104/http://www.assocham.org/events/showevent.php?id=523) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive), 16 January 2013.

1. [Bikky Khosla](/source/Bikky_Khosla), ["SME Conclave – awareness on SME stock exchange"](http://www.smetimes.in/smetimes/editorial/2012/May/08/sme-conclave-awareness-on-sme-stock-exchange71707.html), SME Times, 8 May 2012.

1. ["Ecommerce tie-up to promote Indo-Thai trade"](http://www.dqindia.com/dataquest/news/187423/ecommerce-tie-promote-indo-thai-trade), *[Dataquest](/source/Dataquest)*, 23 April 2013.

1. ["Google Adwords Premier SME Partner Programme"](http://www.google.co.in/intl/en/ads/premiersmbpartner/advertisers-findpartner.html#tab=partner-tradeindia-com), [Google](/source/Google), retrieved 13 May 2013.

1. Business Wire India, ["TradeIndia Partners with Google India as a Premier SME Partner(PSP)"](http://www.morningstar.in/posts/14200/tradeindia-partners-with-google-india-as-a-premier-sme-partnerpsp.aspx), Morning Star, 23 October 2012.

1. Business Wire India, ["Tradeindia.com Signs MoU with Korea International Trade Association (KITA)"](http://www.itnewsonline.com/showbwstory.php?storyid=2276), IT News Online, 14 April 2010.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.tradeindia.com)

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